Build on K9-AIF.
Prove it.
For developers in organizations adopting K9-AIF and K9X. Follow the guided courses, pass a short quiz after each module, complete the labs, then take the 50-question final exam and earn your certificate. Your progress is saved as you go, so you can stop any time and continue where you left off.
Three orbits, one framework
Start with Foundation. Advanced and Architect follow as the program grows.
K9X Developer Foundation
Build applications on K9-AIF: the Router → Orchestrator → Squad → Agent hierarchy, squads in YAML, events and Kafka, configuration, every model call through llm_invoke(), governance and security, agent tools over MCP, an introduction to K9X Studio, and two hands-on labs.
K9X Developer Advanced
Go deeper: the K9X tools (Studio in depth, Inspector, SATAN and Sentinel, Repository and Continuum), your own building blocks and adapters, new Shield checks, live context with streams and k9x Origin, model routing.
K9X Architect
Design governed solutions: Zero Trust, the secure lifecycle, the Enterprise Repository and Continuum, and running an AI Center of Excellence.
From first lesson to certificate
A guided path, one step at a time. Your progress is saved: stop whenever you like and pick up exactly where you left off, on any device.
Register
First name, last name and email: exactly what your certificate will show.
Start here
A refresher: object-oriented analysis and design, UML, building blocks and Kafka basics.
Eight modules
The framework, block by block, then an introduction to K9X Studio. Each module ends with a short quiz: 4 of 5 to pass, as often as you like.
Two labs
Hands-on, on your own machine: from a Studio design to a running application, then your own changes.
Final exam
50 questions drawn by section, 35 to pass, unlimited attempts. Afterwards, see each answer marked right or wrong, with the lesson to review.
Certificate
Yours to download and print, saved to your account, with an ID anyone can verify.
The final exam
| Section | Covers | Questions |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture Foundations | OOA, OOD, TOGAF building blocks, Kafka basics | 5 |
| Core Framework | Router, orchestrators, squads, agents and agent types, configuration and .env | 20 |
| Security | Governance and security controls | 5 |
| Tools | Defining, registering and using agent tools (MCP) | 10 |
| General | The framework as a whole | 5 |
| Labs | What you built in the hands-on labs | 5 |
| Total | Before the exam: every module and its quiz, and both labs | 50 · 35 to pass |
Register to start
Your name prints on the certificate exactly as you enter it here.
Good to know
- A computer is required. You can browse on a phone, but the courses, labs and final exam need a laptop or desktop.
- Free, unlimited attempts. Each attempt draws 50 new questions from a larger bank, section by section.
- Study, don't memorise. After the exam you see which answers were right and which lesson to review, on screen. The correct answers aren't shown, so the only way through is to learn the material.
- Tied to a framework version. Questions are checked against the K9-AIF release named on your certificate.
- Questions are traced to the source. Every correct answer is backed by the framework code or documentation.
- Questions about the exam? forum.k9x.ai
Further reading
Not required for Foundation: the courses teach everything the exam asks. These go further, and are useful for Developer Advanced.
| Resource | What it is |
|---|---|
| Framework documentation | Concepts, the layers, the API reference |
| Framework source | README, CLAUDE.md and SKILLS.md: the rules every application follows |
| Patterns | Routing, execution, governance, inference and integration patterns |
| Videos | The framework in 3 minutes, Zero Trust, the secure lifecycle and more |
| Examples | Working applications built on K9-AIF |
| Forum | Ask a question; someone has probably wondered the same |
Your goal: a certificate to print and share
Your name as registered, the level, the date and time you passed and the
framework version, issued by K9X. Each certificate carries an ID, and
certification.k9x.ai/verify/<id> lets anyone confirm it is real.
Certificate of Achievement
ID K9X-DF-2026-000123
Scan to verify
